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Episode 6: Ruben Søltoft wins hot dog competition

Image of the panel of contestants seated on stage together during this episode.
Air date:
29/09/2018
Original title:
Ruben Søltoft vinder hotdogkonkurrence
Title coined by:

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must retrieve a table tennis ball from a tube, create the best headline, make a coconut-flinging machine, paint a portrait of the Taskmaster without touching a red mat, and stand up after exactly 100 seconds.

Title context

'Ruben Søltoft wins hot dog competition' was the headline created by Ruben Søltoft for the 'Create the best headline' task.

Taskmaster Intro

Welcome to Stormester. I am the Taskmaster, Lasse Rimmer. I have invited five of the kingdom's wisest- I shouldn’t say wisest... Five of the kingdom's sharpest in- what’s that? Five of the kingdom’s heads, to solve devilishly simple tasks.

Assistant Intro

Even if I could do without him, I'm flanked by my personal assistant, Mark Le Fêvre.

Episode prize

Image of the prize up for grabs in this episode: Lina Rafn’s photograph.

The prize this episode was Lina Rafn’s photograph.

Taskmaster's Sign-off

If we’ve learned one thing this week, as Sven-Ole Thorsen said in Gladiator: ‘Those who are about to die choose to get the ball, not the easy way, but the hard way.’ Thanks for tonight.

Official episode video

This is a full episode video from an official YouTube channel source. Due to international streaming rights, it may be blocked in your region.

Episode stats

Points Awarded
66
Disquals
7
Assignment Type
Solo
5
100%
Team
0
0%
Special
0
0%
Split
0
0%
Tie-Break
0
0%
Judgment Type
Objective
3
60%
Subjective
2
40%
Combination
0
0%
Unjudged
0
0%
No. of Task Briefs
Single
5
100%
Multiple
0
0%
Task Originality
Original
1
20%
Adapted
4
80%

Subtitles

The following episode subtitle files are available for download.

  • Danish Credit: Kjeld Melchiorsen (TopTexT)
  • English Credit: anonymous